Monday, August 5 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – I hustled out the door and hit the road by 7:15 so I had enough time to get in seven. It wasn’t anything special and my legs were actually pretty dead, but it’s another day.
Meals
Pre run: Honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: English muffin with maple almond butter & oatmeal with walnuts, brown sugar, and maple syrup (we have some from Brattleboro, VT at work)
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers. Carrots. PBJ Trail mix.
Snack: Bunny Grahams
Dinner: Flank steak with a ton of scalloped potatoes
Another super long day. In the office by 7 and out at 9:30.
Tuesday, August 6 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Woof. This morning was a straight up death march. I probably should have cut it short and gone five, but today is going to be another long day, so I wanted to be try and get seven in since I was running by 7:15 again. Who knows what tomorrow will bring with an early practice.
Meals
Pre run: Vanilla Honey Stinger waffle with tea
Post run: English muffin with maple almond butter & a bowl of smart start with vanilla almond milk (I was starving)
Lunch: Tuna on multigrain with spinach and sun chips (I caved and had chips today instead of carrots)
Snack: Annie’s organic ‘cheese-its’ and a chunk of granola bar
Dinner: Chicken & mashed potatoes
Wednesday, August 7 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I had to wait until later in the day to run. It was super humid, so the run was a little miz.
Don’t remember the meals, but I had pizza for dinner. Little bit of a fat kid day.
Thursday, August 8 – Mall Roads – 5 miles – I didn’t have long to run because I slept in, so I rolled five before heading out to get a few errands done before the game. I got the car taken care of to the tune of 500+ dollars to get the plate changed WTF…not cool.
My eating was terrible today. I started out good with a myoplex shake, English muffin with maple almond butter, then before the game I had a PB&J smoothie. At the game is where it went south. I was starving so I had Caesar salad, cliff bar, popcorn (twice) a small ham sandwich and a Justin’s almond snickers.
Friday, August 9 – Day off – Zero – My first day off since April 27, every other day I’ve run at least three (probably more like at least 5) or ridden my road or mountain bike. After getting home from the game at 2 am and having to be back in the office by 8:30 was a little rough. I was completely exhausted by the time I got home and took the zero.
I was hoping to sneak in a trail run at Little Mulberry as a birthday present to myself, no dice, long ass day at work after a late night at work. Awesome.
Saturday, August 10 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Big time birthday run of seven miles on the Flowery Branch roads. This was a little bit depressing as I didn’t get any time to myself yesterday or today. Amanda made me a kick ass Captain America cake but I was too tired to even eat any of it when I got home. Oh well, at least I got in a solid seven in the morning.
One of the positives of the day was that we announced that we are going a Back to Football/Play 60 5k before our first home game. It might be a month away but now I’ve got something that I can definitively put on my race calendar for the fall.
Sunday, August 11 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Training camp is officially starting to wear me the funk out. My legs feel like R. Kelly’s doo doo butter but, again a silver lining, I was able to eat some of my Captain America cake and that was delicious.
Weekly Totals - 38 miles on six runs - Like I said before, training camp is starting to wear on me. I need a day to sleep in bad. I've also kind of gone off the rails with the diet, at least in terms of tracking it. I've got to try and get back on that track.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Sunday, August 4, 2013
Training Log: #CampLife Part II
Monday, July 29: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I had a chance to get in early and run seven this morning but I slacked and took my sweet time getting moving in the morning. Not happy about that, but I still got in a solid five this morning.
Meals
Pre run: Half an English muffin w/ maple almond butter & tea
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard, a vanilla greek yogurt, and a pack of bunnies.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Baked pasta (one of Amanda’s specialties)
Tuesday, July 30: Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles - I snuck out a couple minutes early to get in seven this morning, which was really nice. The weather was amazing. High 60s with low humidity, it was absolutely awesome…except for the fact that I was running the Flowery Branch roads loop and not some sweet trail.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers, and honey mustard. Carrot sticks and a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Leftover baked shells and a piece of Amanda’s Swedish tea ring
Wednesday, July 31 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I wanted to go seven but I was dragging ass this morning. I also stopped and talked to Brian for 20 minutes about the softball game that I skipped last night. I was hoping to either ride into work today or get a mountain bike ride in after, but it’s looking like a full day for us. Maybe Amanda will want to go for a spin later. I tweeted at Red Bull this morning and they were awesome and swung by the office to drop of some Red Bull for us. They gave us Red, Blue and Silver editions. I’m super pumped about that. Phase 2 of my master plan to someday get sponsored by Red Bull is underway. It would be way easier if I was just faster though.
Meals:
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk & an apple
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, bacon, and sweet baby rays. Bunny grahams
Dinner: Chicken (w/ cashew crust from Fresh Market) and Rice. Pirate Booty
Thursday, August 1 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – This is starting to get familiar. I was hoping to make it to trivia tonight, but I only made it for the last question. I need a beer.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle (last one NO!) & tea w/ honey
Post run: Smart Start w/ vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard. Carrots & a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Small piece of pork w/ a ton of rice and corn. Strawberry greek yogurt
Friday, August 2 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got my a$$ in gear this morning to fit in seven. Felt okay to start but I’m tired from training camp. My whole body is just gassed. Today was the toughest run to get through that I’ve had in a while. It’s probably a cumulative fatigue thing. Hopefully tomorrow I can get in a bike ride before or after work. Maybe that will help. I’m definitely dipping into the Red Bull stash before Friday Night Lights tonight.
Meals
Pre run: Half (err…3/4) of a PowerBar harvest bar and tea with honey
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Snack: A few handfuls of PB&J trail mix (I was freaking starving at 11)
Lunch: Three soft tacos (two chicken, rice, spinach & cheese and one just rice & cheese), greek yogurt
Snack: PB&J Trail mix & red bull
Dinner: two 100 calorie greek yogurts w/ granola & a bag of pirate booty at 11 p.m.
Friday Night Lights…woof
Saturday, August 3 – Chicopee Woods – 8 miles – Mountain Bike Ride – After work I headed up to Chicopee Woods to roll on the mountain bike for a bit. I am not a good mountain biker. I fell a couple times and being tired it was a little bit rough, but I just tried to enjoy being outside and doing something different. I did beast Granny’s climb, for me anyway, and I actually caught a guy that started at least 3 second before me, so that was positive.
Here is my Strava data from the ride - see I'm not good at this stuff.
Meals
Breakfast: I caved a little and hit Dunkin Donuts for a corn muffin and tea
Lunch: Almond butter and strawberry jelly sandwich with chips
Snack: Greek yogurt
Dinner: Homemade pizza with homemade organic dough.
Sunday, August 4 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got moving early today, so I could get in seven before work. Good choice, but I was starving all day long, not really good for my camp “diet” My legs are definitely feeling some cumulative fatigue. I am eyeing Thursday as a possible day to sleep in and I’m really excited about that.
Meals
Pre run: Vanilla honey stinger w/ green tea
Post run: Smart start w/ vanilla almond milk & a little bit of scrambled eggs
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with cucumbers, spinach and honey mustard. Carrots. Snack size (small) peanut M&Ms
Snack: PB&J trail mix
Dinner: Small cup of chili and a greek yogurt. Amanda made burritos but I didn’t get out of work until after 9 so good thing I ate something at 7.
It was a super long day and it’s not going to get any better the next few, but at least it started off well with a seven mile run. If I can do that and get through camp I’ll be in good shape.
Weekly Total: 36 miles on six runs with one hour-plus mountain bike ride. Another training camp week in the books. Woof. I am tired, but I'm managing to keep running. It's going to be difficult to keep this up with how long our days are. I think I need to find a way to take a day off that is a real day off, not just a day that I didn't run.
p.s. - Big congratulations to @WildFerenc for placing 15th at worlds.
Meals
Pre run: Half an English muffin w/ maple almond butter & tea
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard, a vanilla greek yogurt, and a pack of bunnies.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Baked pasta (one of Amanda’s specialties)
Tuesday, July 30: Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles - I snuck out a couple minutes early to get in seven this morning, which was really nice. The weather was amazing. High 60s with low humidity, it was absolutely awesome…except for the fact that I was running the Flowery Branch roads loop and not some sweet trail.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers, and honey mustard. Carrot sticks and a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Leftover baked shells and a piece of Amanda’s Swedish tea ring
Wednesday, July 31 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I wanted to go seven but I was dragging ass this morning. I also stopped and talked to Brian for 20 minutes about the softball game that I skipped last night. I was hoping to either ride into work today or get a mountain bike ride in after, but it’s looking like a full day for us. Maybe Amanda will want to go for a spin later. I tweeted at Red Bull this morning and they were awesome and swung by the office to drop of some Red Bull for us. They gave us Red, Blue and Silver editions. I’m super pumped about that. Phase 2 of my master plan to someday get sponsored by Red Bull is underway. It would be way easier if I was just faster though.
Meals:
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Smart start with vanilla almond milk & an apple
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, bacon, and sweet baby rays. Bunny grahams
Dinner: Chicken (w/ cashew crust from Fresh Market) and Rice. Pirate Booty
Thursday, August 1 – Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – This is starting to get familiar. I was hoping to make it to trivia tonight, but I only made it for the last question. I need a beer.
Meals
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle (last one NO!) & tea w/ honey
Post run: Smart Start w/ vanilla almond milk
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with spinach, cucumbers and honey mustard. Carrots & a greek yogurt.
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Small piece of pork w/ a ton of rice and corn. Strawberry greek yogurt
Friday, August 2 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got my a$$ in gear this morning to fit in seven. Felt okay to start but I’m tired from training camp. My whole body is just gassed. Today was the toughest run to get through that I’ve had in a while. It’s probably a cumulative fatigue thing. Hopefully tomorrow I can get in a bike ride before or after work. Maybe that will help. I’m definitely dipping into the Red Bull stash before Friday Night Lights tonight.
Meals
Pre run: Half (err…3/4) of a PowerBar harvest bar and tea with honey
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk and a banana
Snack: A few handfuls of PB&J trail mix (I was freaking starving at 11)
Lunch: Three soft tacos (two chicken, rice, spinach & cheese and one just rice & cheese), greek yogurt
Snack: PB&J Trail mix & red bull
Dinner: two 100 calorie greek yogurts w/ granola & a bag of pirate booty at 11 p.m.
Friday Night Lights…woof
Saturday, August 3 – Chicopee Woods – 8 miles – Mountain Bike Ride – After work I headed up to Chicopee Woods to roll on the mountain bike for a bit. I am not a good mountain biker. I fell a couple times and being tired it was a little bit rough, but I just tried to enjoy being outside and doing something different. I did beast Granny’s climb, for me anyway, and I actually caught a guy that started at least 3 second before me, so that was positive.
Here is my Strava data from the ride - see I'm not good at this stuff.
Meals
Breakfast: I caved a little and hit Dunkin Donuts for a corn muffin and tea
Lunch: Almond butter and strawberry jelly sandwich with chips
Snack: Greek yogurt
Dinner: Homemade pizza with homemade organic dough.
Sunday, August 4 – Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Got moving early today, so I could get in seven before work. Good choice, but I was starving all day long, not really good for my camp “diet” My legs are definitely feeling some cumulative fatigue. I am eyeing Thursday as a possible day to sleep in and I’m really excited about that.
Meals
Pre run: Vanilla honey stinger w/ green tea
Post run: Smart start w/ vanilla almond milk & a little bit of scrambled eggs
Lunch: Turkey on multigrain with cucumbers, spinach and honey mustard. Carrots. Snack size (small) peanut M&Ms
Snack: PB&J trail mix
Dinner: Small cup of chili and a greek yogurt. Amanda made burritos but I didn’t get out of work until after 9 so good thing I ate something at 7.
It was a super long day and it’s not going to get any better the next few, but at least it started off well with a seven mile run. If I can do that and get through camp I’ll be in good shape.
Weekly Total: 36 miles on six runs with one hour-plus mountain bike ride. Another training camp week in the books. Woof. I am tired, but I'm managing to keep running. It's going to be difficult to keep this up with how long our days are. I think I need to find a way to take a day off that is a real day off, not just a day that I didn't run.
p.s. - Big congratulations to @WildFerenc for placing 15th at worlds.
Training Log: Training Camp Week 1
Monday, July 22: Mall Roads Loop – 5 miles – I thought long and hard about taking today off.
Tuesday, July 23: Gravel Springs – 7 miles - This will probably be the last time I do this run for a while with training camp starting up on Thursday. It’s been a solid little loop for me during the spring and even though I got bored with it occasionally, I am sure I will miss it once I get back to running the Flowery Branch loops every day during the season.
Wednesday, July 24: Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Today was most likely my last shot to run seven for a little bit. I’m only going to have about 30-35 minutes to run during camp for the next few weeks. On some of the off day’s I might be able to squeeze in an hour run or ride my bike to the office, but that remains to be seen. For now it’s back to the roads in the Branch and it’s back to maintenance miles for the foreseeable future. That’s a little depressing, but it’s also why I doubled up on the races last weekend.
Thursday, July 25: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – Normal five mile route, out to McEver Road then down to Flowery Branch, past the post office and back up by the Wrigley plant to the facility. Took it fairly easy as my legs are starting to feel the last few days of standing up a lot.
Friday, July 26: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I want to be mindful of what I eat during training camp because it can get out of hand quickly, so I’m going to start trying to log it here to try and keep myself honest.
I woke up at 6 and had a chocolate honey stinger waffle with organic green tea (w/ honey) then hit the roads for five around Flowery Branch. This will probably be my standard run during training camp. Hopefully I can get few seven milers in and a bike ride or two, but the majority of my running will be five in the morning.
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Bowl of smart start cereal w/ vanilla almond milk & a banana
Lunch: Roast Beef on multigrain bread w/ lettuce and some sweet baby ray’s (a little fat kid to start), carrots and a small bowl of black bean chili w/ quinoa (not chili weather but I wanted to try it).
Snack: Small cup of PB&J trail mix and a handful of gummy bears before practice.
Snack 2: Greek yogurt w/ granola after practice
Dinner: Small bowl of three cheese tortellini and some pirate booty
Wow. I feel like I eat a lot.
Saturday, July 27: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – Back on the grind. Flowery Branch five. The good thing is I am still excited to run each day and I’m making sure I get out the door with enough time to get a run in. I’m trying to make sure I have time to run five as many days as possible during camp and it’s going well so far.
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: English muffin with maple almond butter and a small bowl of smart start w/ almond milk
Lunch: Turkey, spinach & cucumbers on multigrain w/ some carrots and a smoothie
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots, peas & broccoli and a greek yogurt
Sunday, July 28: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – S.S.D.D. I did have to get myself going a little earlier because we had a lot going on this morning. Up at 6 and out the door before 6:30 to have time to run for 35 minutes. Got it in and generally felt better about my day than I would have otherwise.
Pre run: Vanilla honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk & a small serving of scrabbled eats (I needed some protein)
Lunch: Tuna fish on multigrain with spinach, carrots, and greek yogurt. Mixed bag of bunnies
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Blackened chicken, red beans & rice, and green beans. Greek yogurt for dessert.
I think I’m doing okay with my training camp meals.
Weekly Total: 39 miles on seven runs – That’s a rather drastic drop in mileage, but the key thing is that I ran every day. During camp that’s my biggest goal, run as many days as possible. I may try to work in a bike ride on a couple of the players off days, but for the most part I just want to run as much as I can. It’s probably only going to be about 30 or 35 miles a week, but it is was it is.
Tuesday, July 23: Gravel Springs – 7 miles - This will probably be the last time I do this run for a while with training camp starting up on Thursday. It’s been a solid little loop for me during the spring and even though I got bored with it occasionally, I am sure I will miss it once I get back to running the Flowery Branch loops every day during the season.
Wednesday, July 24: Flowery Branch Roads – 7 miles – Today was most likely my last shot to run seven for a little bit. I’m only going to have about 30-35 minutes to run during camp for the next few weeks. On some of the off day’s I might be able to squeeze in an hour run or ride my bike to the office, but that remains to be seen. For now it’s back to the roads in the Branch and it’s back to maintenance miles for the foreseeable future. That’s a little depressing, but it’s also why I doubled up on the races last weekend.
Thursday, July 25: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – Normal five mile route, out to McEver Road then down to Flowery Branch, past the post office and back up by the Wrigley plant to the facility. Took it fairly easy as my legs are starting to feel the last few days of standing up a lot.
Friday, July 26: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – I want to be mindful of what I eat during training camp because it can get out of hand quickly, so I’m going to start trying to log it here to try and keep myself honest.
I woke up at 6 and had a chocolate honey stinger waffle with organic green tea (w/ honey) then hit the roads for five around Flowery Branch. This will probably be my standard run during training camp. Hopefully I can get few seven milers in and a bike ride or two, but the majority of my running will be five in the morning.
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Bowl of smart start cereal w/ vanilla almond milk & a banana
Lunch: Roast Beef on multigrain bread w/ lettuce and some sweet baby ray’s (a little fat kid to start), carrots and a small bowl of black bean chili w/ quinoa (not chili weather but I wanted to try it).
Snack: Small cup of PB&J trail mix and a handful of gummy bears before practice.
Snack 2: Greek yogurt w/ granola after practice
Dinner: Small bowl of three cheese tortellini and some pirate booty
Wow. I feel like I eat a lot.
Saturday, July 27: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – Back on the grind. Flowery Branch five. The good thing is I am still excited to run each day and I’m making sure I get out the door with enough time to get a run in. I’m trying to make sure I have time to run five as many days as possible during camp and it’s going well so far.
Pre run: Chocolate honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: English muffin with maple almond butter and a small bowl of smart start w/ almond milk
Lunch: Turkey, spinach & cucumbers on multigrain w/ some carrots and a smoothie
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Chicken, mashed potatoes, carrots, peas & broccoli and a greek yogurt
Sunday, July 28: Flowery Branch Roads – 5 miles – S.S.D.D. I did have to get myself going a little earlier because we had a lot going on this morning. Up at 6 and out the door before 6:30 to have time to run for 35 minutes. Got it in and generally felt better about my day than I would have otherwise.
Pre run: Vanilla honey stinger waffle & tea
Post run: Honey nut cheerios with vanilla almond milk & a small serving of scrabbled eats (I needed some protein)
Lunch: Tuna fish on multigrain with spinach, carrots, and greek yogurt. Mixed bag of bunnies
Snack: Cheddar bunnies
Dinner: Blackened chicken, red beans & rice, and green beans. Greek yogurt for dessert.
I think I’m doing okay with my training camp meals.
Weekly Total: 39 miles on seven runs – That’s a rather drastic drop in mileage, but the key thing is that I ran every day. During camp that’s my biggest goal, run as many days as possible. I may try to work in a bike ride on a couple of the players off days, but for the most part I just want to run as much as I can. It’s probably only going to be about 30 or 35 miles a week, but it is was it is.
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